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The Fairy-Land of Science
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Arabella B. Buckley
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Let
us
watch
her
a
little
more
closely.
There
are
plenty
of
different
plants
growing
in
the
flower-bed,
but,
curiously
enough,
she
does
not
go
first
to
one
kind
and
then
to
another;
but
keeps
to
one,
perhaps
the
mignonette,
the
whole
time
till
she
flies
away.
Rouse
yourself
up
to
follow
her,
and
you
will
see
she
takes
her
way
back
to
the
hive.
She
may
perhaps
stop
to
visit
a
stray
plant
of
mignonette
on
her
way,
but
no
other
flower
will
tempt
her
till
she
has
taken
her
load
home.
Then
when
she
comes
back
again
she
may
perhaps
go
to
another
kind
of
flower,
such
as
the
sweet
peas,
for
instance,
and
keep
to
them
during
the
next
journey,
but
it
is
more
likely
that
she
will
be
true
to
her
old
friend
the
mignonette
for
the
whole
day.
We
all
know
why
she
makes
so
many
journeys
between
the
garden
and
the
hive,
and
that
she
is
collecting
drops
of
honey
from
each
flower,
and
carrying
it
to
be
stored
up
in
the
honeycomb
for
winter's
food.
How
she
stores
it,
and
how
she
also
gathers
pollen-dust
for
her
bee-bread,
we
saw
in
the
last
lecture;
to-day
we
will
follow
her
in
her
work
among
the
flowers,
and
see,
while
they
are
so
useful
to
her,
what
she
is
doing
for
them
in
return.
We
have
already
learnt
from
the
life
of
a
primrose
that
plants
can
make
better
and
stronger
seeds
when
they
can
get
pollen-dust
from
another
plant,
than
when
they
are
obliged
to
use
that
which
grows
in
the
same
flower;
but
I
am
sure
you
will
be
very
much
surprised
to
hear
that
the
more
we
study
flowers
the
more
we
find
that
their
colours,
their
scent,
and
their
curious
shapes
are
all
so
many
baits
and
traps
set
by
nature
to
entice
insects
to
come
to
the
flowers,
and
carry
this
pollen-dust
from
one
to
the
other.
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